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Steinmetz's equation

Steinmetz's equation proper noun: an empirical equation used to calculate the total power loss (core losses) per unit volume in magnetic materials when subjected to external sinusoidally varying magnetic flux: P_v=k·fᵃ·Bᵇ where P_v is the time average power loss per unit volume in milliwatts per cubic centimeter, f is frequency in kilohertz, and B is the peak magnetic flux density; k, a, and b, called the Steinmetz coefficients, are material parameters generally found empirically from the material's B-H hysteresis curve by curve fitting.

Proper noun

Steinmetz's equation

  1. An empirical equation used to calculate the total power loss (core losses) per unit volume in magnetic materials when subjected to external sinusoidally varying magnetic flux: P_v=k·fᵃ·Bᵇ where P_v is the time average power loss per unit volume in milliwatts per cubic centimeter, f is frequency in kilohertz, and B is the peak magnetic flux density; k, a, and b, called the Steinmetz coefficients, are material parameters generally found empirically from the material's B-H hysteresis curve by curve fitting.
    Synonyms:
    power equation

Synonyms of Steinmetz's equation

Origin of Steinmetz's equation

Named after Charles Proteus Steinmetz, who proposed a similar equation on which this was based.

Questions about Steinmetz's equation

What does Steinmetz's equation mean?
Steinmetz's equation means an empirical equation used to calculate the total power loss (core losses) per unit volume in magnetic materials when subjected to external sinusoidally varying magnetic flux: P_v=k·fᵃ·Bᵇ where P_v is the time average power loss per unit volume in milliwatts per cubic centimeter, f is frequency in kilohertz, and B is the peak magnetic flux density; k, a, and b, called the Steinmetz coefficients, are material parameters generally found empirically from the material's B-H hysteresis curve by curve fitting.
What part of speech is Steinmetz's equation?
Steinmetz's equation is a proper noun.

Words near Steinmetz's equation in the dictionary

  1. Steinmetz
  2. Steinmetz coefficient
  3. Steinmetz coefficients
  4. Steinmetz solid
  5. Steinmetz solids
  6. Steinmetz's equation
  7. Steinmetzian
  8. Steinmeyer
  9. Steinmeyers
  10. steins
  11. Steinseifer

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